Anchoring device



Feb.'24,,'1925.

' A. DENKLAGE ANCHORING DEVICE,

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INVENTOR TORNEY Patented Feb. 24,

UNITED STATES P'ATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST DINKLAGE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW'JERSEY;

f ANCHORING DEVICE.

Application filed April 4,

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, AUeUsT DINKLAGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Anchoring Devices, of which the following 'so that adequate support is aiforded to it whichhas an offset portion adapted to lock with the rail base and which canbe sprung to operative position on the rail .on vertical movement of the check.

While the patent to Henggi #1,167,299 shows a cree check device which consists of a single ar having a portion thereof bent in such amanner as to provide a curved wedging surface which tangentially abuts against the rail base, nevertheless the structure shown in this patent can not be sprung to operativeposition on the rail by vertical I movement of the check, but requires a com lili plicated lateral manipulation of the check to place it in position.

Another phase of the present invention resides in the provision of a check end adapted tOtbQ hooked over one edge of the rail base and? rotated on vertical movement of .the rest of thecheck, the rotation of the hook end-locking the check to the rail,

The patent to Warr #1,254,634: shows a structure which has an end hooked over the rail and a yoke which is bowed ,rearwardly, the yoke, however, presenting but relatively small surface contact with the tie.

Other phases of the invention will be come apparent from an inspection of the specification and drawing.

While one embodiment'of the present invention is disclosed in-the drawing, it is to be understood that this embodimentmerely serves as an illustration of the underlying principles of the invention so that they may be readily comprehended by those skilled in th art and is not intended as l m ng h 1924. Serial No. 704,174.

invention to the specific form dis closed therein.

In said drawings gig. 1 is a side elevation of the inventionan Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Continuing now by way of a more detailed description, a rail check or anchor indicated in its entirety by A and consisting,

of a single-bar of somewhat resilient material is adapted to be applied to a track rail B of the conventional type. One end of this check A comprises a hook shaped en C, having opposed jaw faces C and C" which are spaced apart a suflicient distance to receive the edge of the rail flange and yet located sufiiciently close together so that the jaws C and C will lock with the rail on rotation of the end G. The reentrant portion of the hook-end 'C is also of suflicient depth so that an appreciable portion of the rail edge is engaged to obviate any danger of damaging the rail. 7 In order to accom lish the rotation of the end C and the loc ing of the check to the rail the lower leg or jaw face C of the hook end is carried downwardly or bent away from the rail base and forming at the bent portion a ridge or fulcrum D, which is adapted to abut against the rail base when'the check is in applied position. The extended portion of the downwardly bent part of the jaw face C" forms a yoke E which serves among other purposes as a lever arm to rotate the hook end C and clamp the rail edge between the jaw C and" the fulcrum D when the yoke E is carried upwardly. 'In order to facilitate the application of the check to the rail and 'to economize material the,

yoke E is bowed in the manner shown, thereby bringing the end of the yoke. remote from the hook end G into close proximity with the rail base and at the same time providing an easily manipulated portion between the opposed rail engaging ends to allow the ends to be spread for the purpose ofseating the rail'in the check. The end. of the bowed'portion '01- yoke E opposite to the rail engagingjaw. Chas an upstanding arm or latch member F with a reentrant part or rail receiving jaw G, which is adapted to receive and seat one side of the jaw G locking the-fulcrum D against the rail base. The inner face of the arm F is in turn inclined in the manner indicated to railbase the seating of the rail base in the form a cam face H for preliminary engagement with the rail and to spring the aw outwardly when an upward pressure is applied to the bowed yoke as Wlll be readily apparent from an nspection of the drawing. The distance between the lower edge of this cam face H and the effective rail receiving recess 'in the hook end C is less .than the width of the rail base so that after the rail base has been snapped downwardly over the lower edge of the cam face and seated in the indent the separation of the check and rail under ordinary operating conditions is impossible, the jaw faces C and C" firmly locking the check to the rail and when abutting against a stationary part of the road bed effectually checking creep.

In applying the check to the rail, the end C is first hooked over the rail base edge and the arm F initially brought to such position that the rail base edge engages the cam face H. A, crow bar or other instrument ca bowed yoke pressed upwardly.

ward pressure against the yoke in con uncpable of exerting sufficient leverage is then placed under the bowed yoke E, and the This uption with the pressure exerted by the rail edge against the cam. vface H slightly straightens the yoke, permitting the jaws G and C to spread apart sufficiently to allow the rail base to seat itself in the indent or jaw G. in which position the offset or fulcrum D is firmly clamped against the rail base. In removing the check, if such removal should be found desirable, a crow bar mightbe applied to the cam face H, the rail head being used as a fulcrum and the check sprung off the rail base.

It is claimed 1. A rail anchor comprising a resilient yoke having one face adapted to lie flat against a tie and having a ridge which when in operative position is adapted to contact with the bottom of a rail. and opposed base engaging jaws thereon. one of which is adapted to be hooked over one side of the rail base and the other of which is adapted on upward movement thereof to be sprung over the opposite edge of the rail base.

2. A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jaw adapted on rotation thereof.

to clamp the base and means comprising a downwardly bowed resilient yoke when in operative position to lock the rail base engaging jaw in clamping position on upward movement of the yoke.

3. A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jaws adapted on rotation thereof to clamp the base and means comprising a downwardly bowed resilient yoke adapted to lie flat against a tie to lock the rail base engaging jaw in clamp position on upward movement of the'yoke.

4.A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jaw adapted on rotation thereof Lsaaeer to clamp the base and means comprising a downwardly bowed resilient yoke adapted to he flat against a tie and having a rail base engaging indent to lock the rail base engaging aw in clamping position on upward movement of the yoke.

5. A rail anchor.comprising a resilient yoke having an offset adapted to contact with the bottom of the rail, a downwardly bowed portion and opposed base clamping jaws thereon, the jaws being adapted to be spread by upward movement of the bowed portion.

6 A rail anchor comprising a resilient yoke having a downwardly bowed portion when in'operative position and opposed base clamping jaws thereon, the jaws being adapted to be spread by upward movement of the bowed portion.

7. A rail anchor com )rising a rail base engaging jaw adapted on rotation thereof to clamp the base, a downwardly bowed resilient yoke portion when in operative to I position and an opposed jaw adapted to en- 9. A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jaw adapted on rotation thereof to clamp the base, a downwardly bowed resilient yoke portion and an opposed (jaw having an upstanding cam face sloping toward the center of the anchor for preliminary engagement with the rail base, the distance between the. lower edge ofthe cam face and the inner face of the base engaging jaw being less than the width of the rail base.

10. A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jaw adapted on rotation thereof to clamp the base, a downwardly-bowed resilient yoke portion and an opposed jaw having an upstanding cam face sloping toward the center of the anchor for preliminary engagement with the rail base, a rail base engaging indent below said cam face the distance between the lower edge of the cam face and the inner face of the base engaging aw being less than the width of the ral 11. A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jaw adapted on rotation thereof to clamp the base and means comprising a downwardly bowed resilient yoke to lock the rail base engaging jaw in clamping position,

jaws to permit insertion of adapted to and a rail base engaging jaw adapted to be hooked over one side of the rail base, and locked thereto on upward movement of the rest of the check. i

14. A rail anchor comprising a yoke adapted. to take a position flat against a tie, a rail base engaging jaw adapted to be hooked over one side of the rail base and locked thereto 'on upward movement of the rest of the anchor and means to'lock the end remote from the jaw. in position at the end of the upward movement.

15; A rail anchor comprising a rail base engaging jawua portion of the anchor being offset toform a fulcrum and means to ro tate the rail base engaging jaw about the fulcrum and means to lock the jaw in rotated position the fulcrum being brought to a position where it bears against the rail base on rotation of said jaw.

16. A rail anchor, comprising a rail base engaging jaw,

engaging jaw, a portion of the anchor being offset to form a fulcrum, 'a downwardly bowed yoke extending from the fulcrum and means at one end ofthe bowed yoke to lock the yoke and fulcrumto the rail base.

17. A rail anchor comprising a rail base a portion of the anchor being ofl'set to form a fulcrum, bowed yoke extending upstanding cam face for preliminaryengagement with a rail base edge and a rail pase engaging indent located below the cam from the fulcrum, an

18. A rail anchor comprising a yoke adapted to take a position flat agalnst a rail, a cam face and a rail base engaging indent below the cam face.

19. A rail anchor comprising opposed rail base engaging jaws, one of said jaws having an upstanding cam face for preliminary engagement with the rail base yoke connecting the jaws.

20. A rail 'anchor com rising a yoke adapted to take a position at against a tie, and a. rail base engaging jaw standing cam face above the jaw for preliminary engagement with the rail edge Signed at. the city of New York in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 24th day of March, 1924.-

AUGUST DIN KLAGE,

having an upa downwardly and a bowed 

